The Willow Pond The first novel from the pen of Mervyn Lynford, sometimes touching, sometimes humorous. This is the story of one boys journey through the 1950s. Chapter by chapter it moves from the East End of London to cover much of South East Essex: Stanford le Hope, Pitsea, Vange, Laindon, Langdon Hills, Benfleet, Canvey Island, Battlesbridge, Westcliff and Southend on Sea. The Willow Pond concerns itself with time and place and the gradual development of the areas in question, it also records the author's passage through puberty and all that that involves... 270 pages, Paperback. £9.99 from The Littoral Press 38 Barringtons, 10 Sutton Road, Southend on Sea, Essex. SS2. 5NA.

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